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The Change Canvas

Drive positive change
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The Diversily Change Canvas showing three areas on a page 1) Reflection 2) Vision and 3) Progress (broken down into ideas, actions and results)
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What is it?

The Change Canvas is a simple but powerful visual framework for mapping out a desired change initiative. It helps you reflect on where you are today, define your vision for the future and take steps to make it happen; celebrating results along the way. It inspires an iterative, action oriented approach that bonds people and gets results.

Why does it matter?

Creating more inclusive digital products and services is an ongoing process, not a one-time effort. It requires a continuous effort to understand and meet the diverse needs of all users, and to make changes to improve accessibility and usability. You should be continuously assessing areas for improvement in each of the three pillars of people, product and practices.
You can increase your chances of success using the Change Canvas to provide focus, direction and alignment to create a shared, successful change journey for everyone involved.

When should you use it?

Use The Change Canvas when you are agreeing on your high-level strategic intent and formulating your approach to create more inclusive digital products and services. Build it into your process to revisit it on a periodic basis to update as you make progress.

How does it work?

The Change Canvas provides a structured approach to creating more inclusive digital products and services. It helps to focus, align, and guide the change journey for everyone involved. It consists of five boards that work together to drive positive change: Reflection, Vision, Ideas, Actions, and Results.
The Reflection board helps to take a step back, set the stage for the journey ahead and consider the current state of your product or service. It allows you to identify current challenges and any areas for improvement in terms of inclusivity and diversity. This board helps to encourage honest and open conversations about what needs to change and why.
The Vision board is where you can set the direction for your change journey. This board is all about creating a clear, shared vision of what you want to achieve, and what a more inclusive product or service would look like. It helps to build excitement and momentum, and to get everyone on the same page.
The Ideas board is where the magic starts to happen. This is where you can generate and evaluate a wide range of ideas for making your product or service more inclusive. This board encourages collaboration and creativity, and helps to generate a wide range of possible solutions.
The Actions board is where the ideas from the Ideas board are turned into action. This board helps to prioritize the most impactful actions and to ensure that everyone knows what they need to do, and when they need to do it.
The Results board helps to accelerate success and track the progress of your change journey. It allows you to see what is working, what isn't, and to make any necessary adjustments along the way. This board helps to keep everyone focused and motivated, and to ensure that your product or service is continuously improving.
In summary, the Change Canvas provides a structured, iterative and visual approach to creating more inclusive digital products and services. It helps to bring focus, direction, and alignment to your change journey, and to ensure that all contributions are valued and everyone is working together towards a shared goal.
The power of The Change Canvas is that it encourages open conversations to create alignment and it forces succinct points to be agreed and written down. The flexible framework allows you to tailor the exact content you will capture in each board to suit your needs.


Additional Change Canvas resources

The Change Canvas is a hugely flexible, tool that can be used in a host of ways to navigate change. There are a range of additional resources that provide support to help you

Introductory Course

Take the free Introducing The Change Canvas course to see lots of examples to inspire you.
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Introducing The Change Canvas
Learn all about how The Change Canvas can help you drive positive change and gain access to our templates and resources
diversily.thinkific.com
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Inclusion Toolkit for Managers

Use the free Change Canvas Inclusion Toolkit to lead your team more inclusively and empower everyone to thrive.
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The Change Canvas Inclusion Toolkit
Learn all about The Change Canvas and gain access to our templates and resources
diversily.thinkific.com
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Strategic Management

Use The Change Canvas Handbook - From Purpose to Impact to learn how to use The Change Canvas to manage strategic change.
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From Purpose to Impact
Join our community of forward-thinking change-makers who are using The Change Canvas to boost performance, unite people, and get better results. Get the Handbook to simplify strategic management and create more impact.
diversily.thinkific.com
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Inclusive Experience Design

Take the free course to learn more about using the Change Canvas along with other Diversily frameworks to create more inclusive experiences.
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Inclusive Experience Design
Learn how to intentionally design great experiences that encourage diverse participation and work for everyone.
diversily.thinkific.com
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What is it?
Why does it matter?
When should you use it?
How does it work?
Additional Change Canvas resources
Introductory Course
Inclusion Toolkit for Managers
Strategic Management
Inclusive Experience Design
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